As with most musical endeavors, Redcoats started in a suburban lounge room back in 2007. Rhys and Andrew, who travelled through primary and high school together, were later joined by vocalist Emilio. They gradually worked their way from the lounge room into the thriving Melbourne live scene. In 2009, Neil moved from the country town of Bendigo and landed in the middle of this jamming trio.

Redcoat’s new musical direction soon started to take shape. After only 2 months of coming together as a four-piece, Redcoats launched their new sound with a residency at The Evelyn. A few months later, Redcoats worked with Rob Long at Birdland Studios to record their first collection of songs together.

The Redcoats live show continued to develop and after a serious amount of gigging their name started to spread around the traps and their fan base became larger and more responsive. In September 2009, they returned to The Evelyn to play to a sold out crowd and launch their new music.

In 2010, Redcoats made the decision to drop everything and focus solely on their band. Early in the year Premier Artists came on board as the band’s national booking agency. After deciding the best place to create their tunes was tucked away in the isolated bush, Redcoats headed off on a series of writing trips in regional Victoria. Following some great gig experiences including Bass In The Grass (Darwin), Redcoats returned to Birdland Studios in July 2010 with some new tunes under their belt.

At the same time they enlisted the talented Sam Frederick to create their first film clip Giants. Again drawing on their talented group of friends, Superteam Productions took some band shots, Julian Hocking developed their artwork and the band launched their debut film clip at Northcote Social Club in September 2010.

With growing industry awareness of the band, Redcoats were invited to showcase at International Music Conference One Movement in Perth in October 2010. Later that month they signed with their Management team, Blue Max Music. As Giants circulated across triple j and Rage, Redcoats ended 2010 with a gig at Pyramid Rock Festival and Violent Soho on NYE.

Starting 2011 with a bunch of post summer ideas, Redcoats headed out for another bush trip to craft some more tunes. They again returned to Birdland Studios to begin mixing their debut EP with Lindsay Gravina.

In March, Redcoats released their debut single Dreamshaker which was added to the triple j playlist. The week after the release of their debut single, Redcoats headed out to tour nationally with legend rockers Stone Temple Pilots.

Redcoats returned home and sold out their single launch show at The Tote. Following the release of Dreamshaker, Redcoats released their debut EP in July. Kaytrucker, the second single from the EP has followed in Dreamshaker’s footsteps, being added to the triple j playlist.